Commissioner, Co-operative Development Department vs Hon. Attorney General – CA PHC 146/2003-2013

In the case between the Commissioner, Co-operative Development Department, Keppetipola Road, Badulla (Petitioner-Respondent-Appellant) and the Hon. Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department, Colombo 12 (Respondent), the court addressed the issue of whether the appeal filed by the Petitioner-Respondent-Appellant should be withdrawn. It was determined that, upon the application made by counsel for the Petitioner-Respondent-Appellant to withdraw the appeal, the appeal would be duly dismissed. No order was made as to costs. The decision reinforces the procedural principle that an appeal may be withdrawn by leave of the court, with consequential dismissal, pursuant to established appellate procedure.

A.W.A. Salam J. — Upon application by counsel for the Petitioner-Respondent-Appellant f